Cleaning
Doing Windows When it’s time to clean the window on the oven door, Stegner says water and vinegar are a great choice. “Anything we’ve been using to clean the oven can also be used on the window,” she says. Don’t despair if the window has become cloudy or dirty on the inside, Stegner says. “All you have to do is take the back of the oven door off. People don’t know you can do that. You unscrew it, wash it and put it back together,” she says. For those squeamish about deconstructing their oven, Stegner has another solution: “You can just take your prettiest towel and hang it on the bar over the window.”
Her method: Put a quarter-cup of vinegar, two cups of hot water and a drop of dish soap (she prefers Castile soap or Dawn) in a spray bottle. Next, Stegner sprinkles baking soda from a Parmesan cheese shaker on the surface to be cleaned. She then sprays on the vinegar solution and wipes or scrubs as necessary. This process should be mild enough to avoid scratching most surfaces; however, if you’re concerned it may be too abrasive, consider wiping with a damp microfiber cloth instead. Better safe than sorry.
Spray baking soda with solution of vinegar, lemon and Dawn.Stegner recommends sprinkling baking soda over the interior surface, then spraying liberally with the solution she described earlier, to create a paste. “I’ve tried everything,” she says. “I used commercial oven cleaner 20 years ago but stopped doing that — there are so many poisons in oven cleaners it’s crazy. When you have that many cautions on something, it’s not something I want in my oven. Now I use the baking soda.”
Her method: Put a quarter-cup of vinegar, two cups of hot water and a drop of dish soap (she prefers Castile soap or Dawn) in a spray bottle. Next, Stegner sprinkles baking soda from a Parmesan cheese shaker on the surface to be cleaned. She then sprays on the vinegar solution and wipes or scrubs as necessary. This process should be mild enough to avoid scratching most surfaces; however, if you’re concerned it may be too abrasive, consider wiping with a damp microfiber cloth instead. Better safe than sorry.
Doing Windows When it’s time to clean the window on the oven door, Stegner says water and vinegar are a great choice. “Anything we’ve been using to clean the oven can also be used on the window,” she says. Don’t despair if the window has become cloudy or dirty on the inside, Stegner says. “All you have to do is take the back of the oven door off. People don’t know you can do that. You unscrew it, wash it and put it back together,” she says. For those squeamish about deconstructing their oven, Stegner has another solution: “You can just take your prettiest towel and hang it on the bar over the window.”
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